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Tag Archive | "Fatemeh Haghighatjoo"

Why Is Iran Releasing Some Postelection Detainees?

Posted on 12 March 2010. Tags: 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ahmad Zeidabadi, Anti-government Protests, Arash Rahmanipour, Ashura, Ashura Protests, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat, Death Penalty, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Golnaz Esfandiari, Hashemi Rafsanjani, Human Rights, International Campaign for Human Rights, Issa Saharkhiz, Karoubi, Mohammad Reza Valian, Mohammad Reza Zamani, Mohareb, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Mousavi, Political Prisoners, RFE/RL, Rigged Iran Presidential Election, Seraj Mirdamadi, Susan Mohammadkhani Ghisvand

(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) | March 12, 2010
by Golnaz Esfandiari
The Iranian authorities in recent weeks have begun to release some of the former officials, activists, and intellectuals detained in last year’s post-election unrest.
Those released in recent days include former Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, activist Abdollah Momeni, and student leader Mehdi Arabshahi.
Those detainees [...]

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Selected Headlines – January 22, 2010

Posted on 21 January 2010. Tags: Ashura, Central Bank of Iran, Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Featured, Government Sanctioned Intimidation, Hassan Khomeini, Hillary Clinton, Iran Opposition, Iranian Academics, Khomeini, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Manoucher Mottaki, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mousavi, Mousavi Statement, Saeed Mortazavi, Selected Headlines, U.S.-Iran Relations

Channel 4 News (UK), January 22
Neda’s death ‘ignited an awakening’ in Iran

Neda Agha Soltan’s fiance, Caspian Makan: “The 23 January is Neda’s precious birthday. Neda will be 27 on that day. I felt that this should be marked in the world.
“I’ve asked the people of Iran, wherever they may be, in whichever corner of the [...]

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